The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said the Federal Government is targeting capital base of $10bn for the proposed Wholesale Development Bank of Nigeria.

Okonjo-Iweala, who said this in an interview with Bloomberg TV Africa on Saturday, said the bank would start off with about $2bn, with financial support from the World Bank and Africa Development Bank, among others.

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